Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1988 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAP0628JT114875 · Trailer · TRAILER
Champion (dry van)
Carriers run under2
12 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 3
First seenMay 21, 2024
TN
Last seenMay 31, 2025
OH
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 12 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRAP0628JT114875
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1988
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 20, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
1GR

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AP062

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
114875

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
GREAT DANE TRAILERS

Prefix basis · 10,816 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 10,816 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Champion (dry van)

Sourced label · prefix basis 10,816 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
1988

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
GREAT DANE TRAILERS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Great Dane Trailers

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Trailer

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · May 21, 2024 – May 31, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 31, 2025OHII · Walk-around2OOSGROUND SERVICE INC 2314478965958ST/IL
Oct 4, 2024OHII · Walk-around3OOSD&R TOWING SERVICES INC 4153525965958ST/OH
May 21, 2024TNIII · Driver-only2GROUND SERVICE INC 2314478965958ST/IL
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GROUND SERVICE INC2314478May 21, 2024May 31, 20252IL
D&R TOWING SERVICES INC4153525Oct 4, 2024Oct 4, 20241IL
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
965958STILGROUND SERVICE INCMay 21, 2024May 31, 20252
965958STOHD&R TOWING SERVICES INCOct 4, 2024Oct 4, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 20, 2026